Refraction

New to GameUp: Refraction

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There's a new math and science game available on GameUp! In Refraction, students in grades 4-8 have the opportunity to explore light refraction and apply knowledge of fractional concepts during online...
Intel Best Lesson Plan

Intel and BrainPOP Lesson Plan Contest Entries Due May 22nd!

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This is the homestretch: submissions for the lesson plan contest we’re sponsoring with Intel are due May 22nd! Implemented through We Are Teachers, the contest invites educators to submit lesson pla...
May spotlights

May Spotlights

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We're focusing on Sports & Fitness and Practical Math this month! Be sure to check out our May spotlights, the collection of movies and other resources featured throughout all of May. The arrival ...
graphic organizer

Graphic Organizers Before, During, and After BrainPOP Jr. Movies

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BrainPOP Educator Amber Gross recently submitted a lesson plan with an amazing set of graphic organizers she created to facilitate student thinking before, during, and after BrainPOP Jr. movies. We we...
BrainPOP Strategies

Guest Blogger: Julia Curtis-Burnes Shares her BrainPOP Strategies

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Guest Blogger and BrainPOP Educator Julia Curtis-Burnes is a New York State certified and licensed educator. She received her Master’s Degree in Teaching from Brown University in 2008 and has a four y...
the Arctic IMAX contest: earth awareness

Webinar Alert: Venture into the Arctic with IMAX® and BrainPOP

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Wednesday, April 25 4:30PM ET: Venture into the Arctic with IMAX® and BrainPOP Celebrate Earth Awareness Month with IMAX and BrainPOP! Joined by Shaun MacGillivray, filmmaker of the new IMAX® film...
the Arctic IMAX contest: earth awareness

IMAX & BrainPOP Team Up for an Earth Awareness Lesson Plan Contest!

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We’re celebrating Earth Awareness month with a new lesson plan contest! BrainPOP has teamed up with Warner Bros. and IMAX® to help raise awareness about the changing Arctic wilderness. With the upcomi...

Webinar Alert: Play Seriously II MIT Education Arcade

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Wednesday, April 11 4:30PM ET: Play Seriously II: The MIT Education Arcade We welcome the MIT Education Arcade back for another webinar to extend our discussion on the objectives of educational ga...

April Spotlight: Earth Awareness

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April is a month of showers, flowers and season changing powers: with all this transition comes student questions! Help them find the answers by checking out BrainPOP's "Earth Awareness" spotlight pag...

See iCivics in Action

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If you've heard about BrainPOP's collection of free online games but haven't had a chance to check it out, here's an easy way to see what GameUp has to offer! In this screencast, we take you on a brie...